Tribes Of Assam By S.Barkataki

The North-East Frontier Agency(NEFA) is a wild and mountainous tract of about 30,000 sq. miles in the Assam Himalayas bounded by Bhutan,Tibet,Burma and the Valley of Brahmaputra.It is divided for administrative purposes in the five Frontier Divisions – Kameng, Subansiri,Siang,Lohit and Tirup-with their headquarters at Bomdi La,Ziro,Along,Tezu and Khonsa respectively.It is inhabited by a large number of Indo-Mongoloid tribes, speaking some 50 different dialects.This book describes the Gallongs, an important tribe living in the Siang Frontier Division.